| Systemically administered steroids have been shown to decrease hospital admission rates and prevent asthma relapses. |
| The primary endpoint at one-year was the reduction in the rate of clinical relapses. |
| During the natural course of bipolar affective disorder, relapses and recurrences are frequent. |
| A small proportion of patients with mucosal disease will have repeated relapses. |
| However, once treatment was stopped, there were no differences in the rates of relapses and new brain lesions between the two groups. |
| In all patients with relapses of the disease this biochemical parameter shows its importance. |
